crokit

None, at least commercial. I have used, and still do, tampons. I've found that ones covered with " lust " secretions work better than blood, particularly near the end of the ovulation cycle. Sure helps having an understanding woman to help. Don't mean to gross anyone out.Blame elizabeth for asking the question. LOL

P.S.: How does Rob from pa Bowyer edit elizabeth's post?? OOOOPS!

Remfire

I used to be big on scents.Nowadays I'm just looking for something to cover up my scent.I'm not really looking to attract a deer with scents.I do use some cover scents from time to time,but lots of times I'll just grab some green pine needles,crush them up,and rub them on places that cause so much human scent.I'll rub pretty much my whole body.

Teach Deer

Throughout most of the season, I simply use scents to cover any residual human scent (I don't go overboard, but I do keep clean and position my stands downwind of any expected deer travel). The best scent I have found (actually I can't find anymore) was SKUNK scent. I have never had a deer wind me or react negatively while wearing skunk (even though I though they would), and even had one doe to lick the end of my rifle barrel (about 1.5 feet away) without catching on.

Today, I use Knight and Hales "cheap" doe urine. Not as effective if they get downwind, but it is something. If I happen to harvest a deer, I carefully extract the urine and place in a glass dropper bottle, and dissect out the tarsal glands. I use the tarsal glands to rub on my pants legs, which is very effective (does not matter if it is a buck or a doe).

From the last week in October through November, the rut is either starting up or peaking. Then I drag a double rag with "cheap" or natural doe urine on one and Tink's 69 (or the rare doe in heats urine since I do not tend to shoot them at that time) on the second wick. I have had very good luck with bucks following my trail directly to where I hang the drag rag in a tree about 20 yards from my stand.

FlDeerman

I've used the cheap Walmart doe pee,it does drive the does nuts wondering who the new girl is in her territory.

Kybuckhunter

When you get a pizza what doesit smell like??? Pizza right. A deer would smell crust, sauce, sausage, green pepper, oinion, mushrooms, olives, etc....You can't cover one scent with another when it comes to deer. They can pick out many scents at the same time. There are already thousands of scents in the outdoors yet a deer can pick out any of them easily. Bloodhounds are trained to track down a single person in a baseball stadium. Even with hundreds of different poeple and food scents and perfume they can pick out the single person with no trouble at all. People have a hard time believing animals can do this because they judge things by human standards.

The Rev

I don't use anything except scent killer on me.

Bodine212

Hey Guys...anyone use the buck bomb can? Any results or comments??

Bible_Man

Scent free is the best...climb high and your scent will be harder to detect, as well. I mentioned this in another post, but I used to use a product called B. A. Tree in acorn/oak scent...I liked it and it seemed to work pretty effectively. Haven't seen it anywhere in a few years. Anyone ever use it or know of somewhere that carries it?

Jimmy S

Points well made, Ky.

I honestly believe most hunters do not appreciate how good the deer's sense of smell really is. Biologist say it is incomrehensible for man to understand how good a deer can smell. A deer can only smell what his nose picks up. He uses the wind every possible chance he can. If the scent is upwind, he will smell it every single time. If the scent is downwind, he cannot gather the necessary information to determine what and if there if a threat exists. That's why hunting the wind is the most crucial part of deer hunting.

I never use any commercial products to try to cover my scent. I believe a deer will smell any hunter whether he uses charcoal hunting clothes, scent eliminating sprays or any commercial cover scent. I also believe in order to fool a deer's nose you have to be completely scent free and that is an impossibility.

How do I fool a deer's nose? I always try (yes, sometimes this may also be impossible to do) to hunt downwind from the deer. If my scent is not traveling in his direction, odds are very good, he won't smell me. It ain't rocket science, it's common sense.

wolfman73

I prefer the real stuff myself, however when i dont have it ..I have had some success with code blue. Its a little pricey but i have had more bucks come to it than tinks over the past few years.

as a matter of fact tinks has dropped in price a lot over the past few years where im from. it used to be $ 8 a bottle back in the 90s..now i see it for $4 or so.